• 3-PANEL DIGIPACK
• INCLUDES 12 BONUS TRACKS
• 4 1/2 STARS ALL MUSIC GUIDE
This release contains the complete album Jazz Giant (Norgran MGN-063Nerve MGV-8153), which is widely regarded as one of the best of Bud Powell's career. As a bonus, this CD also includes a complete 1951 piano solo session featuring two of the Powell's best known compositions: "Hallucinations" (issued as "Budo" on Miles Davis' nonet album Birth of the Cool) and "Parisian Thoroughfare".
PERSONNEL:
- Bud Powell - piano
- Ray Brown or Curley Russell - bass
- Max Roach - drums
- (*) BONUS TRACKS (14-25):
- On 14-15: Bud Powell (p), Ray Brown (b), Buddy Rich (d).
- New York, July 1, 1950.
- On 16-23: Bud Powell (solo piano).
- New York, February 1951.
- On 24-25: Bud Powell (p), Percy Heath (b), Art Taylor (d).
- New York, June 8, 1954.
New York, February 1949/February 1950
TRACKS:
- 01. Tempus Fugit
- 02. Celia
- 03. Cherokee
- 04. I’ll Keep Loving You
- 05. Strictly Confidential
- 06. All God’s Chillun Got Rhythm
- 07. So Sorry Please
- 08. Get Happy
- 09. Sometimes I’m Happy
- 10. Sweet Georgia Brown
- 11. Yesterdays
- 12. April In Paris
- 13. Body And Soul
- 14. Hallelujah (*)
- 15. Tea For Two (*)
- 16. Parisian Thoroughfare (*)
- 17. Oblivion (*)
- 18. Dusky ‘N’ Sandy (*)
- 19. Hallucinations [Budo] (*)
- 20. The Fruit (*)
- 21. A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square (*)
- 22. Just One Of Those Things (*)
- 23. The Last Time I Saw Paris (*)
- 24. It Never Entered My Mind (*)
- 25. My Funny Valentine (*)